Leicester 1 - 1 Wrexham POST MATCH

[Dmitry]

Vestergaard - worst defender in history of defending. Wrexham's goal was on him; gave a perfect assist for their second goal; luckily ball went over the bar. 

[Durnerz]

I can only assume that Monga isn’t allowed to complete 90 minutes on an evening because he has school in the morning. 

[Staffs Fox]

I was so encouraged by our first 55 mins or so, we played arguably our best football of the season and looked a tier above Wrexham. The midfield 3 looked the best combination so far which with Ramsey now to come back in is a good sign. 
I am confident that if we play close to that (and the first half against West Brom) we’ll turn these draws into wins not before too long. I am optimistic we can still challenge for promotion.

 

That said, that is the last time I want to see VK and Skipp in our team. I’ve tried to support Skipp since he’s been here and genuinely thought he’d be decent at this level but he’s awful. You may as well have a training dummy there, at least that might get in the way once or twice. With Winks, James and Soumare ahead of him there’s no need to play him at all. He must go down as our worst ever signing and I am not forgetting about the other dross we have but I can at least think of at least one good thing other players have done, with him I can’t 

Edited 1 October 2025 by Staffs Fox

[Leicesterpool]

Looked okay up to the first goal, after that we seemed to sit back wanting to defend a 1-0 lead... against a team near the bottom at home! 

 

Looked like a midtable team, not sure where the goals will come from this season. Once they equalised we just seem to run out of ideas. 

[ClaphamFox]

11 minutes ago, Leicesterpool said:

Looked okay up to the first goal, after that we seemed to sit back wanting to defend a 1-0 lead... against a team near the bottom at home! 

 

Looked like a midtable team, not sure where the goals will come from this season. Once they equalised we just seem to run out of ideas. 

This is the crux of it. Defensively we're not brilliant, but good enough for the Championship. Our glaring weakness is that we don't have a striker of the quality needed to get promoted, and our attacking play is generally too predictable for our wingers to do any real damage. We can't sign another striker until January and may not even be able to afford one then, so the only thing we can do in the meantime is try to have a bit more variety going forwards so that our other attacking players can pose more of a threat. That's a challenge for Cifuentes and his coaches.

Edited 1 October 2025 by ClaphamFox

[CosbehFox]

I’ve never been one to be football is crap these days. But I’m really struggling with this team and club at the moment. It felt like in August, there was the chance to grow some affinity behind a team of hard workers, prospects and a couple of senior pros. We’ve now defaulted back to what we were and I detest. Years ago I’d have been raging with that equaliser but just couldn’t be arsed getting emotional with. Of course, Vestergaard did his normal straight down the tunnel act 

Edited 1 October 2025 by CosbehFox

[ceebeefox]

Why don’t we ever switch wingers, Fatawu was nullified by their quickest player and should have switched left now and then. How rigid are coaches these days? Nobody plays off the cuff anymore. We looked so easy to mark last night. Double up on our wingers and we’ve nothing left. 
We’ve never played like Maresca’s team since he left, two number eights one number six joined by a full back. Hopefully the reintroduction of Ramsey will enable this.

[Ricey]

1 hour ago, Taz_The_Fox said:

The fact we have a high number of people praising Dakas performance last night just shows how far we have fallen.

 

Yes he ran around a lot and worked hard. But in reality when he got involved in anything that resembled an attacking move his touch was either absolutely woeful or he ended up falling over. His heading is also absolutely woeful. 

 

Yes he contributed to the goal but a striker that cost that much should be able to make a pass like that

How much he cost is irrelevant at this point.

 

His passing is poor, that is clear, but he did do really well for the goal. With Daka you have to look more about what he does for the entire team, rather than get frustrated by his technical ability. His movement and energy give the central defenders a lot to think about, as opposed to Ayew who only every drops off and then tries to take too many touches. Last night Daka was making regular runs in behind, creating a bigger space for BDR and James to work in or Fatawu to cut into to. He was always on the move, which ultimately created the space for James's goal. He presses like mad and if/when he loses the ball he does everything he can to win it back. At one point he chased all the way back to edge of his own area to try and stop a counter. If Marti really wants us to be a high pressing team then Daka can do that, Ayew and Carranza can't (by the the looks of it).

 

Has he been a flop? Of course. Should the club have prepared for Vardy's departure better? Abso-****ing-lutley. But the balance of the team is so much better with Daka in it and he looks like he wants to fight and scrap. I'll take that over the other options.

[shen]

I concede that Daka likely is the best of our so called strikers in the 9 position. It's a sad state of affairs.

[Bert]

1 hour ago, Taz_The_Fox said:

The fact we have a high number of people praising Dakas performance last night just shows how far we have fallen.

 

Yes he ran around a lot and worked hard. But in reality when he got involved in anything that resembled an attacking move his touch was either absolutely woeful or he ended up falling over. His heading is also absolutely woeful. 

 

Yes he contributed to the goal but a striker that cost that much should be able to make a pass like that

You must’ve been in the concourse or something and missed his assist? 

[jmono84]

1 hour ago, Durnerz said:

I can only assume that Monga isn’t allowed to complete 90 minutes on an evening because he has school in the morning. 

To be fair after he was crunched he stopped playing.

[davieG]

[jmono84]

Fatawu needs to be told that he has more options than cut inside and shoot or cut inside and whip a ball into the back stick where no one is

[Vowels]

First half good. Second half okayish until subs, then poor.

 

Felt some of the officiating punished our players first half with yellows and not theirs, perhaps forcing our hand a little with subs. Thomas and then Kristiansen both poor.

[Vowels]

Meant to add that Skipp looks devoid of confidence and sharpness. There must be a player in there, but its just not working for him is it?

[Dahnsouff]

5 minutes ago, davieG said:

We are Lidl Man Utd

[ian__marshall]

Anyone else think we looked absolutely knackered after about 60 mins last night? Our conditioning for years has been horrendous. For years now other teams seem to be able to work harder and win every second ball. Really miss the days under Pearson where we had a very well structured periodised fitness approach and would get stronger as the season went on and literally out-run teams late in games particularly in the final third of the season. Really frustrating to see when we have one of the best training facilities in world football, and yet teams like Wrexham who were in the national league not so long ago appear to be a fitter side. 

[RowlattsFox]

Marti's analysis always seems fair but its no good being tactically aware once you have the benefit of hindsight. 

His comments don't match what happened in the second half and neither do his subs. 

[Phild]

1 hour ago, Durnerz said:

I can only assume that Monga isn’t allowed to complete 90 minutes on an evening because he has school in the morning. 

Unfortunately he was schooled by their right back for the entire match and was found out by the physicality of this game. This wasn't a game that Monga should have started in and unfortunately it served to remind us that he is actually a 16 year old schoolboy. 

Edited 1 October 2025 by Phild

[RowlattsFox]

Wrexham defended the wings really well. Both wingers had wing back, wide centre back and wide central midfielder all to get through. 

 

[Dahnsouff]

Just now, RowlattsFox said:

Wrexham defended the wings really well. Both wingers had wing back, wide centre back and wide central midfielder all to get through. 

 

Both our wingers are pretty much one trick ponies, this is why it is so important JJ is there as alternate means of progressing up the pitch.

[Finnegan]

11 minutes ago, davieG said:

 

I told the guys at half time one goal wouldn't be enough, so I took off an attacking midfielder and replaced him with Oliver Skipp for... reasons? 

 

[TrickyTrevLeftPeg]

31 minutes ago, Ricey said:

How much he cost is irrelevant at this point.

 

His passing is poor, that is clear, but he did do really well for the goal. With Daka you have to look more about what he does for the entire team, rather than get frustrated by his technical ability. His movement and energy give the central defenders a lot to think about, as opposed to Ayew who only every drops off and then tries to take too many touches. Last night Daka was making regular runs in behind, creating a bigger space for BDR and James to work in or Fatawu to cut into to. He was always on the move, which ultimately created the space for James's goal. He presses like mad and if/when he loses the ball he does everything he can to win it back. At one point he chased all the way back to edge of his own area to try and stop a counter. If Marti really wants us to be a high pressing team then Daka can do that, Ayew and Carranza can't (by the the looks of it).

 

Has he been a flop? Of course. Should the club have prepared for Vardy's departure better? Abso-****ing-lutley. But the balance of the team is so much better with Daka in it and he looks like he wants to fight and scrap. I'll take that over the other options.

Daka for me should start especially for the reasons you've outlined. He's looking to stretch the game not drop deep like ayew which then forces there defence to gain territory.

 

Lots of people on here would disagree about Daka and that's he shouldn't start but they just need to start thinking about the alternative options.

 

Daka interview was telling. Even he was fed up of them passing it around at the back and to get it forward.

 

 

 

[shen]

14 minutes ago, jmono84 said:

Fatawu needs to be told that he has more options than cut inside and shoot or cut inside and whip a ball into the back stick where no one is

As frustrating as it can be, he was the only one doing ANYTHING past the hour mark to penetrate.

 

He made two deep crosses to Mav, one was picked wide from a few yards out, the other led to Ayew's final corner. Mavididi deserves a bollocking as do Winks, Skipp, Choudhury and Ayew for not adapting and helping out our front three.

[Finnegan]

2 minutes ago, TrickyTrevLeftPeg said:

Daka for me should start especially for the reasons you've outlined. He's looking to stretch the game not drop deep like ayew which then forces there defence to gain territory.

 

Lots of people on here would disagree about Daka and that's he shouldn't start but they just need to start thinking about the alternative options.

 

Daka interview was telling. Even he was fed up of them passing it around at the back and to get it forward.

 

 

 

 

We absolutely shouldn't be in a position where Daka is our best 9 but he is. 

 

I'm not getting drawn in to debate #75858473 about whether he's good enough but he's objectively better up front than Ayew and first impressions of Carranza look a bit suspect. 

 

We look a better shape and the team is more balanced when Daka plays. He's also capable of moments like the assist last night, his link up play and his selflessness is far better than Ayew.